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Opinion: Free Time

29 Oct 2009 06:33:01 PDT

Written by mittfox
My story doesn’t end there, you’ll be pleased to know. I could quite easily pen an entire novel on the subject of Second Life were I so inclined (it’s still a possibility). Rather than subject you to a painful wall of text, I think I’ll serialise this epic saga for easy digestion. Keep an eye out f...

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Opinion: Welcome!

28 Oct 2009 15:15:28 PDT

Written by Morgana
Hi there! I have been a member of Second Life, for over 3 years and, i think of myself as a pretty good “bargain” finder. I love to shop in Second Life.. I promise to be objective.. M~ Hi there! My name is, Morgana Hilra.. I have been a member of Second Life, for over 3 years and, i t

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Opinion: Imprudent Emerald Meerkats

26 Oct 2009 08:49:07 PDT

Written by daleinnis
It’s always hard to tell what’s going on in the collective mind of Linden Lab. I hope that this new policy will be made sensibly and thoughtfully, and keep Second Life going strong. If only ’cause I have a lot of tank tops. So the recent Second Life weblog posting on third-party viewer policies h...

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Opinion: Watch Your "(Step)-UP! For Content Creators"

28 Sep 2009 08:53:01 PDT

Written by ? Ari Blackthorne?
The simple matter of fact is: if you can hear it, you can copy it and steal it. If you can see it, you can copy it and steal it. As for copybot: it works the exact same way. If you can see it, you can steal it. it always has been this way on the internet. They really don’t care if you are here tomorrow or not. That, dear friend is the majority attitude on the grid. Copybot and entitlement attitudes were given their birth at the onset of the open-sourcing of the Linden Lab grid viewer. The cat already is out of the bag and there’s no setting him back in. I am most happy that Linden Dollars are tracked and transactions occur only through the server, because if anyone got their hands on that code, woe-be-the-grid.

Original story at commonsensible.net .

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Opinion: Former TG regions, groups, cool places on the MG

17 Sep 2009 13:08:59 PDT

Written by Daniel Voyager
Baffin – Teen Grid Transfer Station – Jade Lily This is where our youngest Residents come to celebrate their transition to the Main Grid. Celebrate the spirit of Second Life! �� This is a quick easy guide for TG residents transferring very soon to the Main Grid or Teens that ha

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Fashion Review -- Sui Generis

15 Sep 2009 09:20:40 PDT

Written by Harper
Around the Grid is willing to provide unbiased and unreserved reviews of Resident-created and -sold, non-pornographic products, especially fashion and hairstyles, and of Real World books on Second Life. Virtual submissions for review should be sent in world to Harper Ganesvoort, an...

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Second Life news and blogs - November 08, 2009

08 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Second Life news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: Winterfest Brings Holiday Joy, Fun and a Helpful Hand -- by communities@secondlife.com from Latest RSS Content for All Communities | Second Life
• Opinion: UT San Antonio leaps into Second Life education initiative -- by secondtimesvwr from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: A Blue Moon Rising -- by Ⓟ Ari Blackthorne™ from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Second Life Alternative!!! (Again, /me yawns) -- by Ⓟ Ari Blackthorne™ from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Second Life: Attrition Can Be A Real Bitch -- by Ⓟ Ari Blackthorne™ from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Attention Second Life Creators: Stop Causing Lag! -- by Ⓟ Ari Blackthorne™ from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Tweets from M Linden and Philip Linden Keynotes Speech -- by Daniel Voyager from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Credibility and Integrity -- by Prad Prathivi from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Our Content Management Roadmap -- by cyn@lindenlab.com from Latest RSS Content for All Communities | Second Life
• Opinion: Interview with Stroker Serpentine -- by Mr X from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed

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Review notes on Boellstorff's (2008) Second Life ethnography

20 Jul 2009 07:20:34 PDT

Written by John Postill
Boellstorff, T. 2008. Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Boellstorff, T. 2008. Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human.

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Opinion: Microsoft OS X and Apple Windows?

25 Jun 2009 07:35:44 PDT

Written by ? Ari Blackthorne?
Linden Lab releases it’s own ‘after-market’ viewer, which I find funny, especially since I had just run the gambit on after-market viewers for Second Life Grid in my most previous post. Now in addition to the “official” Second Life viewer from Linden Lab (LL), said company releases anoth...

Original story at commonsensible.net .

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Opinion: When an Emerald is not a stone or a color

23 Jun 2009 09:30:44 PDT

Written by ? Ari Blackthorne?
Isn’t choice a wonderful thing? Where “Emerald” relates to Second Life, it also is a Grid Viewer and a damned good one. Viewer links: Alternate Viewers page by Linden Lab (this list does not include all alternate viewers one can find on the Internet.)

Original story at commonsensible.net .

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Opinion: Second Life Still Alive

10 Jun 2009 02:48:21 PDT

Written by JohnnyRS
I still think SL has some promises but there are some major competition coming up this and next year. I think Second Life will still be the best virtual world for user created content. Some of the upcoming virtual worlds may get more advertisers from big companies, though. That could get more u...

Original story at Virtual TO Reality .

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Opinion: Flickr, and the future of my Second Life

27 Mar 2009 15:14:39 PDT

Written by landsendkorobase
I know though that part of me will always be Landsend Korobase, and she will exist until Second Life no longer exists. She is me - in particular the free and extroverted aspects of myself that often get muted in real life due to heavy and constant responsibilities. All her history, mistakes, a...

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Opinion: Conference debate: are "Virtual Worlds are the Second Life for Online Learning"?

22 Feb 2009 12:47:42 PST

http://www.itcnetwork.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=214 Session notes for a featured session at the ITC eLearning conference, a debate on: are "Virtual Worlds are the Second Life for Online Learning"? This post is a live blog of discussion.

Original story at b2e.nitle.org .

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Opinion: Virtual worlds and the bureaucratic class

14 Dec 2008 12:15:16 PST

Written by Peter Quirk
The trust issues in virtual worlds arise from the peculiar insistence that your name in Second Life can’t be your real name and from the absence of any facility for a corporation to attest to the identity of someone purporting to represent the company. This is not a problem unique to virtual...

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Opinion: Unlocking Personal Branding Secrets on Second Life and MySpace

17 Nov 2008 15:57:35 PST

Written by Dan Schawbel
What are some tips you have for using Second Life to establish a personal brand? Personal branding in Second Life is done through your avatar itself. Make sure to take the time and even financial investment to create a compelling avatar. You’ll want your avatar to stand out from the crowd an...

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Opinion: Tips for Establishing a Presence in Second Life

13 Nov 2008 06:48:43 PST

Written by keystonesl
As I roam the virtual frontier, I’m occasionally asked for advice about establishing a presence in Second Life, and I share the same bits of advice time and again. I thought I would share a summary of these points here for any readers considering the same, and invite comments, corrections o...

Original story at The ARCH .

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Opinion: Help! I’m an Introverted Writer in an Extraverts’ World! | WRITERS IN THE (virtual) SKY

06 Oct 2008 06:40:25 PDT

« Poets: A Wealth of Open Mics Await You in Second Life (1st in a series) Oct 05 2008 Help! I’m an Introverted Writer in an Extraverts’ World! Posted by: Joan Kremer in First Life, writers in virtual worlds, writers resources, writing contest Methinks it used to be far easier to be an introv...

Original story at WRITERS IN THE (virtual) SKY .

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Opinion: How Clothing is Made in Second Life: Summary

14 Aug 2008 17:03:28 PDT

Written by Elaine Polvinen
Previous Posts in This Series: How Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part IV - PRIMSHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part III - UV MAPSHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part II - TEXTURESHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part I- THE BASICS

Original story at fashiontech (WordPress) .

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Opinion: Isolation and 10 year-olds?

14 Apr 2008 23:06:47 PDT

Written by pacificrimx
Wow, little did I know that I was going give fuel to a flaming forest fire over the weekend with my recent posts on the new client (1, 2, and 3). Last Friday my post about the sudden lagging of my lab computers running Second Life solicited a blog post at New World Notes. This post was well written a...

Original story at PacificRim Exchange .

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Opinion: A Tale from Dreamland

29 Feb 2008 16:00:00 PST

Written by Aleister Kronos
So back at the end of January, not only did I pay the strange L$ amount and my February tier, I also set up a subscription to pay the 30 bucks. At the end of February, yesterday, the said sum was duly paid over and I got a nice statement from PayPal to that effect. Phew! The system works!

Original story at Ambling in Second Life .

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BOOK REVIEW: Second Life: In-World Travel Guide

22 Feb 2008 15:44:00 PST

Written by Flipper Peregrine
Many of the books I have read about virtual worlds, or Second Life in particular, tend to focus on success stories: how to make money, how to do things within virtual worlds, or extremely general overviews. This book has a very different dedicated focus: must-see locations within the Seco...

Original story at SLOG .

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Opinion: The Wizard of IBM’s 3D Data Centers

21 Feb 2008 19:13:27 PST

Michael Osias, IBM (a.k.a Illuminous Beltran in Second Life) has been working hard to make virtual worlds useful places. And, today, the 3D Data Centers that Michael has pioneered in OpenSim (also demoed here in Second Life) appeared in Earth Times, CNNMoney.com, Trading Markets, Street I...

Original story at UgoTrade .

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Opinion: Architecture in Second Life: Analysis, the Geography of Imagination

06 Dec 2007 14:01:28 PST

Written by dusanwriter
If Second Life is to fulfill its mission to represent the “everywhere Metaverse” it’s time to start thinking about what makes a 3D world different from the flat Web in how we think about, search and represent content and their connections.

Original story at Dusan Writer's Metaverse .

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Opinion: Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds

16 Nov 2007 16:24:03 PST

Written by pacificrimx
The Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds conference was held today. This event was held in both Washington, D.C. and in Second Life. The webpage for this event is located at: Start of Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Sue Singer, Linden Lab, Taking a Question on Grid Stability

Original story at PacificRim Exchange .

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Opinion: The Physics of iPhone

09 Jul 2007 03:46:01 PDT

Written by Alex Iskold
When you encounter Digital Physics in software, it seems magical at first. In fact, the magic is done by mimicking real life. The life-like behavior of software in devices like the iPhone is created by plugging in formulas from real physics. For example, you can apply gravity and viscosity f...

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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Opinion: Your Take Roundup::Virtual Worlds for Kids Entwined with Real World

11 Jun 2007 14:47:13 PDT

So perhaps the winning combination for kids in virtual worlds is for parents to moderate their usage, make sure they have real-world friends in the worlds, and play along and monitor what they’re doing. Educating parents and kids about virtual worlds will go a long way to mitigating probl...

Original story at PBS .

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